| Research Fellowships in Artificial Intelligence (Post No.15692) and
Internet Technologies (Post No.15693)
Would you like to shape the future of Internet shopping? The Open
University's Knowledge Media Institute is recruiting top calibre staff to
meet the challenge of building a web based personal shopping assistant. We
are looking for Research Fellows with experience in knowledge
representation (e.g. ontologies, frame-based representations, description
logic), or agent technologies, or any aspect of Internet technology.
Currently shopping on the Internet is often not a pleasant experience.
Finding the right product can take considerable time, browsing related
products is often not possible and websites can feel anonymous. Imagine if
the experience was more like visiting your local corner shop. Within a
friendly local shop the customer is attended by an agent which understands
both his or her needs and the relationships between the store's product
lines and the specifics of the local community. We aim to develop such a
shopping assistant which will use a variety of knowledge sources to create
a personalised shopping experience. This project is being carried out in
conjunction with an Icelandic Internet company who will license the
resultant technologies eventually marketing a software product and service.
The appointments will be made on the Research staff salary scale, £16,775 -
£25,213 p.a., or £23,256 - £30,967 p.a., depending on qualifications and
experience.
The Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) is a 70-strong interdisciplinary
laboratory founded at The Open University in 1995, and located in
attractive new offices at The Open University's main campus in Milton
Keynes, UK. KMi undertakes high-profile advanced research and development
in Knowledge Media: a convergence of knowledge, communication and computing
technologies. We offer a stimulating and well-endowed research environment,
widely acknowledged to be at the leading edge of European research and
development, particularly in new technologies for knowledge modelling and
management, open supported learning, and synchronous and asynchronous group
working. The style, impact and content of our work are described in detail
in our Web pages at http://kmi.open.ac.uk.
Closing date for applications: 15th, January, 2001.
Interviews will be held before 31st, January 2000.
Details on the project can be found at http://kmi.open.ac.uk/projects/alice/
Requests for hard-copy documents/forms, further particulars, and
application submissions can be directed to Ms. Ortenz Rose
[[email protected]] at the Knowledge Media Institute, Open University,
Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK, Tel. +44 (0)1908 653800, Fax +44 (0)1908
653169. Informal enquiries about the post can be directed Dr John Domingue,
Email: [email protected] Tel.: +44 (0)1908 655014
Disabled applicants whose skills and experience meet the requirements of
the job will be interviewed. Please let us know if you need your copy of
the further particulars in large print, on computer disk, or on audio
cassette tape. Hearing impaired persons may make enquiries on Milton Keynes
+44 (0) 1908 654901 (Minicom answerphone).
Equal Opportunity is University Policy.
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| Requests for hard-copy documents/forms, further particulars, and
application submissions can be directed to Ms. Ortenz Rose
[[email protected]] at the Knowledge Media Institute, Open University,
Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK, Tel. +44 (0)1908 653800, Fax +44 (0)1908
653169. Informal enquiries about the post can be directed Dr John Domingue,
Email: [email protected] Tel.: +44 (0)1908 655014
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